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On April 8, 1999, the Timberwolves faced the Los Angeles Clippers away, and the Timberwolves won 108-99 in this game with 27 points from bench player Mobley and 26 points from Pierce. On the same day, the first Spurs in the West defeated the Rockets in the fifth place in the West, and the Jazz in the second place in the West defeated the Golden State Warriors in the 11th place in the West, and the three teams still maintain a win difference between each other, and now the Spurs have 6 losses, the Jazz have 7 losses, the Timberwolves have 8 losses, the Trail Blazers have 9 losses, and the Rockets have lost 12 times, and the top four in the West have basically surfaced.

On April 9th, the Timberwolves faced the Lakers away, before this game, the Lakers announced the layoff of the team's main power forward Rodman, Rodman basically missed the game or missed training after coming to the Lakers, the Lakers management seems to be unable to tolerate such a bad boy anymore, the Lakers are quite turbulent this season, if the Lakers themselves have the strength of 95, then because of their turmoil, they can only play 90 strength at most, although the Timberwolves are back-to-back in this game, However, the 104-96 victory over the Lakers did have a little impact on the morale and condition of the Lakers, and on the same day, the Jazz, who were second in the West, defeated the Suns 93-92 at home to maintain their lead over the Timberwolves. After the victory over the Lakers, the Timberwolves also ended all three of their back-to-back games this season, and in these three back-to-back nine games, the Timberwolves have a 6-3 record, which is very good overall.

In 1999, on April 10, the Phoenix Suns, who had suffered three consecutive defeats, were about to fall out of the playoff competition, but today, they broke one of the biggest upsets since the league began, they defeated the Spurs, the first in the West, not only that, but the final score was 110-84, and the Spurs lost by 26 points away. David Robinson only scored 4 points and 2 rebounds on 1 of 9 shots in this game, while Danny Manning was 14 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists, in addition to the Suns star Jason Kidd also defended the little general Johnson only 2 of 8 in this game, Kidd's assist king this season has been basically determined, and the league has averaged more than 10 assists per game and only Kidd is alone, Kidd has worked very hard in this game, and now the Suns have fallen into a quagmire, if they don't pull out their legs, then it will be really dangerous.

"Now the Spurs are seven defeats, the Jazz are seven defeats, we are eight defeats, and here comes the chance," D'Antoni said with a smile. The Spurs lost unexpectedly, and the Timberwolves and Jazz saw the light of day again.

"Don't be too happy, our next schedule is not easy," Zhuang Fei said with a smile, he was naturally happy.

"April 11 home against the Pistons, this game should have no problem, April 12 home game against the Rockets, this one is a bit hanging, but we have an advantage over the Rockets, we should be able to win, April 14 away to the Spurs, this game is likely to determine the final Western standings this season" D'Antoni looked at the Spurs in the last row of the schedule and frowned, the two teams directly clashed.

"Now the Spurs are in a bit of a slump, ** Vicky should be creating a chance to rest for those veterans in the team, it is estimated that he did not expect this year's Western competition to be so motivating, for him the top two in the West are acceptable, but now the gap between the four teams in the top four in the West is too small, ** Vicky is also confused now, he does not dare to give up some games at all, those veterans of the Spurs must also go all out, this is our advantage, we have good physical fitness, strong fighting spirit, and we are still in the position of chasers, We're so much less stressed. Zhuang Fei knocked on the table and said to D'Antoni with a smile, in the future, Zhuang Fei knew that Vicky likes to rotate veterans, and he maintains the old players very well, but he doesn't dare to release too much water this season, so he can only win with young teams such as the Timberwolves and the Trail Blazers.

"Now we can't give the Spurs and Jazz a little respite, continue to bite them and drag them down." Zhuang Fei's eyes finally became very sharp, and he said fiercely.

On April 11, the Timberwolves faced the Pistons at home, and the lone Grant Hill finally failed to withstand the Timberwolves' round-robin attacks, 99-79, and the Timberwolves won by 20 points at home, which also made the fourth quarter of the game completely garbage time, and also provided a lot of rest time for the main players of the Timberwolves.

On April 12, the Timberwolves at home back-to-back were completely unrestricted by physical limitations and ran to the Houston Rockets again, after which the Timberwolves have won the longest streak of the season and the longest in Timberwolves history, 15 consecutive wins. And the Timberwolves' record has also become 31-8 in 39 games.

"Zhuang, congratulations, the team has entered the playoffs ahead of schedule" After this game, Timberwolves owner Glenn Taylor actually came to the team's locker room.

"Early into the playoffs?" Zhuang Fei looked puzzled.

"After this game, we are already 31-8, and the Suns, who are ninth in the West, are 19-20, and there are only 11 games in the end, so we have actually entered the playoffs ahead of schedule, and we are 11 games ahead of schedule with the Spurs and Jazz" McHale explained to Zhuang Fei with some excitement, the performance of the Timberwolves this year is really crazy, and entering the playoffs ahead of schedule is something that the Timberwolves never dared to think of before, but now it has been realized.

Zhuang Fei nodded in his heart, it is basically a sure thing for the Timberwolves to enter the playoffs this season, it's just a matter of time, he doesn't have anything in his heart, but looking at the excitement of Glenn Taylor and McHale, he knows that this matter is estimated to make these two very excited.

"Zhuang, inviting you to be the head coach of the Timberwolves is the most successful decision I've ever made in my life, and I've now seen hope from this team, Zhuang, I want to run for Minnesota in the general election next year, so I want you to help me." Glenn Taylor looked at Zhuang Fei with bright eyes, this season because of the success of the Timberwolves, he has greatly increased his reputation in Minnesota, like many successful entrepreneurs, he also wants to enter politics, and now is the best opportunity, as long as the Timberwolves continue to perform in the playoffs this year and next year's regular season, then his position as a congressman will be secure.

Glen Taylor's words made Zhuang Fei's brows tighten, for this team owner, Zhuang Fei didn't like it very much, although he never interfered in Zhuang Fei's affairs, and he was also very accommodating to Zhuang Fei, but Zhuang Fei still didn't like him very much, this is a typical opportunist, a typical jiān businessman.

"Mr. Glenn, don't worry, my team and I will give it our all at all times." Zhuang Fei said lightly.

After hearing Zhuang Fei's promise, Glenn Taylor didn't care about Zhuang Fei's tone, and patted Zhuang Fei's shoulder happily and said: "Zhuang, don't worry, you have the final say in any affairs of the team in the future, you can leave me alone, as long as the team shows sè, I am not a stingy person." "Glenn Taylor seems to be in a good mood.

Zhuang Fei shook his head secretly, exchanging money for political rights, and then using political rights to feed back economic interests, this kind of thing is not uncommon anywhere, it can be seen that the big boss of the Timberwolves really wants to invest in the Timberwolves at this time, and then establish a good image in front of the Timberwolves fans and the people of Minnesota.

On April 13, the Spurs played back-to-back away against the Dallas Mavericks, the Spurs lost again, losing two of the last three games, and on the same day, the Jazz, the second in the West, won the Kings away, which made the Spurs give up the first seat in the West, and also let Zhuang Fei see the possibility of beating the Spurs to top the second place in the West, because the game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs will be played on April 14, and the Spurs, the veteran team, will face back-to-back schedules.

"Our chance has really come"